Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1935, Page 8

CHESTADS 510 TOESLAPEBEAT Three Free...Camps - for Mothers and Children “Are Provided. Approxi:nately 5,000 people will gain relief from the heat of the city be- * cause of camps maintained by agencies affiliated with the Community Chest. Three of these camps are operated absolutely free for mothers and chil- dren. In addition to the free camps, vari- ous organizations maintain camps which are nominally on a self-support- ing basis, although only the already available facilities of these agencies in the form of supervision and staff personnel makes it possible for them to be self-supporting on the low rate charged. In addition to this there is ® certain number of “scholarships” made available for youngsters who could not otherwise attend these camps. Letts First to Open. Camp Letts, Y. M. C. A. camp on | ‘Rhodes River, will be the first one to | open, a group of boys going to camp there next Friday. This is one of the - self-supporting camps maintained at a low rate per boy by reason of Y. M. C. A. staff members available for su- pervision. F] Following closely on the heels of Camp Letts will come the opening of Camp Roosevelt, on Chesapeake Bay, operated by the Boy Scouts. This camp, like Camp Letts, also is self- supporting, although there are also a * number of “scholarships” given for this camp. Camp Good Will, which is operated by the Family Service Association for mothers and children who would oth- erwise spend the Summer in the hotter gections of the city, will be opened in Rock Creek Park on Wednesday, June 26. A large group of mothers and children have already registered for - this camp. A similar camp for col- ored, Camp Pleasant at Blue Plains, will be openec on the following day, ‘Thursday, June 27. A number of the camps will open July 1. Kamp Kahlert, the Y. W. C. A. camp on West River, will receive its first group of girls on that date as will Camp Reeder, the Boys Club camp on the Wicomico River and Camp May Flather, the Girl Scouts camp in the Shenandoah Valley. Large Groups Registered. Large groups have registered for all three of the above camps, and for Camp Reeder particularly, many of the members of the Boys Club have been saving their nickels and dimes in a “camp bank” to insure their at- tendance there this year. Camp Clarissa Scott, operated by the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A, will open on July 15, as will Camp Licht- man, operated under the direction of the Twelfth Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A, and which, while nomi- nally self-supporting, receives $125 from the Chest for scholarships. During the first part of July there will also be opened the camp at Bel Air, Md., maintained for colored chil- dren by the Christ Child Society. Camp Happyland, operated at Pa- tuxent, Md., by the Salyation Army, will open about July 9, and there is already an over registration of moth- ers and children for the trip to this Summer playground. As a matter of fact, according to officials of the agen- : cies operating these four camps, the demand for vacations is already close to exceeding the capacity of the camps. | . Literally hundreds of mothers look forward every year to this vacation away from the troubles and turmoils of a hot Summer home—the only . vacation they get throughout the year. U. S. URGED TO CALL PEACE CONFERENCES Senator Lewis Maintains Meet- ings Would Enable America to Preserve Neutrality. By the Associated Press. A proposal that the United States, through conferences with individual nations in Washington, use its good - offices to “bring about a general peace | ’ through her agency of friendship to | the world” was made in the Senate yesterday by Senator Lewis, Demo- crat, of Illinois. Asserting there were threats: of war | in_Europe and Asia, Lewis said such conferences also would be for the pur- pose of reaching a better understand- | -ing as to how America could maintain neutrality in event of a foreign con- | flict. “Any attempt by warring govern- ments to attach to America the pen- alty of ‘violator of the law,’ followed by any effort of punishment, would bring the United States openly in conflict,” he said, adding: “To avoid this conflict, now is the time for our Nation to have invited, through the President, each of the nations separately which claims to have grievances either of debt or trade against the United States. Here in conference, mutual concession of clajms and forbearance of nature would immediately restore past friendships.” “DEMANDS JURY TRIAL ON NUMBERS CHARGE Colored Man Arrested as Police - ‘Report Customers Stampede and Tear Down Fence to Escape. Arrested during a stampede of al- leged customers on the entry of Sergt. George C. Deyoe of the police vice .squad, William Henry. Johnson, col- -ored, 717 T street, was arraigned be- fore Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court today on a charge of -operating a lottery. He pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial. Deyoe - said that when he walke into the door Johnson was writh numbers tickets and 15 or 20 persons « were standing around awaiting their turn to place bets. The customers made a rush for the rear yard, where they were attacked by a large police dog and became so anxious to escape both_from the officers and the snap- ping jaws that they tore down the fence instead of attempting to use the gate. 2 Johnson, Deyoe said, did not have time to get up from his seat before he was arrested. ,On the desk, it is claimed, there Was $8.40 in change and in Johnson's possession they claim to have found 20 numbers books, all but three of which had been filled out. Wins in Essay Contest. ‘Miss Ernestine. Garofalo, a student at Immaculata Seminary, was awarded first prize in & natfonal essay contest, 1t was announced yestercay. Miss Garofalo’s essay on “The Value of Time in Educatjon” was selected from 30,000 essays submitted by high school | | fidfllhhflmfflueflmfl. Washington Wayside Random Observations of 'Interesting Events and Things. SNAKE IN CHARGE. - LARGE black snake has taken over the policing of the pyro- technic storage shack on the west edge of the aviation field at the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va., the Navy Department has been informed. Prior to the appearance of the snake, many field fnice had their nests in the miniature beinb boxes in the shack: many diffcrent specles of insects infested the walls and floor, and families of frogs frequented the place. Today the snake reigns alone, mice, insects and frogs having been ex- pended as daily rations for the reptile. He can almost always be found coiled on the rafters, and field personnel sent to the storage shack for bombs or flares come back not only with the supplies but with entertaining snake yarns as well. The armament officer has issued verbal orders to all hands not to molest the snake. * ok K % FAVORITES. According to Mrs. Roosevelt, the President’s two javorite sand- wiches are “hot dogs and toasted cheese, and he just loves hot dogs.” * ¥ x x FAMILY AFFAIR. FIGURIS run in families. When Benjamin Franklin Uni- | versity graduated its class in ac- | countancy at the Mayflower Hotel | 1ast night the senior class had a dis- | | tinction not claimed by any other | graduating class in Washington this | year, ‘There were five sets of brothers and sisters who received their de- | grees as graduate accountants when | the diplomas were handed out. | They were Anna F. and Edith L. Birkle, Argene I. and Leah N. Rudd, | Lester and Milton Singman, Harry A. | and Tudor Whiton and Robert and Arthur Willis. * ok K % LAFAYETTE PARK STUMPED. Stumpy Pete they call him. That is to say, he is thus familiarly | known to a few of the many persons | who frequent Lafayette Park. To oth- | er benchwarmers and sole-punishers | there he is just another of the many | pigeons on pubiic relief within the | shadow of the White House. Like his feathered comrades, Stumpy is as chesty as a D. A. R. delegate. But he has one peculiarity known only to the very observing—he | has a stump leg! In other words, the | | claws of one foot are minus. Whether | | this is due to accident or design, even his best friends do not know. | It may be just a coincidence, of course, that Stumpy hops about in the vicinity of the Veterans’ Adminis- tration. But Stumpy was that way in prewar days. WS ALL MORMONS. For the first time in its history as a State, Utah is now repre- sented by a solid Mormon dele- gation in Congress. All of them attend services at the Mormon Church near the junction of Siz- teenth street and Columbia road. The delegation includes two Sena- tors, William H. King and Elbert D. Thomas, and two Representa- tives, Abe Murdock and J. W. Rob- inson. All of them are Democrats as well as Mormons. * X X X MORE HONORS FOR DINA. A ‘WASHINGTON resident will be | sharing the captain’s quarters on ‘he Normandie and she will be sleeping on his bed when the great Prench liner makes her second crossing to New York. She is Dina, the Capital's famous dressed cat, which recently sailed with its mistress, Azadia New- man, lbcal artist, on the Normandie's maiden eastern voyage, with its own special luggage and a ticket for pas- sage. Rigid quarantine restrictions made it impossible for Dina to be brought into England, where her mistress has gone to do a portrait of Mark Oesterer, British film magnate, and so Capt. Puget offered to bring her back to America as his own special guest and traveling companion, according to & wireless message sent to The Star. Dina has a full wardrobe of hand- made party dresses (with underclothes to boot), is well known in Washington restaurants and nightclubs where she goes for cocktails, and actually drinks them, her favorite being an “Alex- ander.” She broke into the movies recently when newsreel cameramen filmed her in traveling clothes when the Normandie sailed, and made head- lines in the New York papers. She appeared in Washington Wayside a few weeks ago when she got the spot- light one night at the Shoreham Hotel when the orchestra struck up “Dinah” HOT-WATER HEAT & Any Naiipnally You Can Enjoy a New Heating System : 35° Dfif NO MONEY DOWN 3 YEARS TO PAY 1st Payment in Oct. Witheut extra eharge Priced Plant, *Averase veriod: Free Estimates at' Your Conveniencé' ECONOMY cupes 906 10th St. N.W._ Met. 2132 . }n dedication to the town's most feted [e] called upon with the greatest of ease at a given signal. he was asked: “As Secretary of the Interior and not as chairman of the ‘Works Allotment Board——>" THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. * ok ¥ % BUSY BLIMP. Did you know that the little blimp, the Enterprise, which has been floating above the city for more than six months’ travels about 400 miles @ day with sightseers, and makes 4'4 miles on a gallon of gas. Its cruising speed is about 40 miles an hour and it stayd in the air an average of 10 hours a day. Since it was brought here last year it has taken more than 3,000 pas- sengers over the city. it's one of a fleet, and there are others in near- by cities. The company that owns them has taken 250,000 persons for air rides without injury to a pas- senger. *ox ok ok MAN OF MANY TITLES. AROLD L. ICKES, the man of many titles, can fill any role At a press conference the other day Ickes obligingly arose from his chair, walked around it and sat down again facing his newspaper audience with & grim smile. “Now, as Becretary of the Interior, what was that question again?” STATUARY BILL KILLED House Rejects Proposal to Display Bush-Brown Work. ‘The bilk sponsored by Chairman Keller of the House Library Commiftee providing that the Government pur- chase and erect in a public park in Washington the group of statuary by the late H. K. Bush-Brown, known 85 the “Indian Buffalo Hunt,” was killed in the House yesterday, at least for the present session. There were three objectors to this measure when it was called up on the consent cal- endar. Three previous attempts have been made by Keller within the past month to get favorable action on this measure. This group of statuary was for a long time exhibited in Union Station, where it attracted much at- tention. - o E O Y PLAN YEAR'S ACTIVITY Officers of the Washington Board of Trade yesterday began circularizing the membership as a preliminary step to the reorganizdtion of the standing committees for the coming year. The new officers, headed by John Saul as president, have already taken over their duties, but the 24 standing committees heve not yet been named. Members of the trade organization have been asked to submti their pref- erence for service during the year. Community Chest Dollars in Action The Community Chest Teporis that its afiliated organizations aid, in some manner, more than ome- fourth of the entire population of Washington during the year. This is one of a series of stories apear- ing in The Star each Sunday, showing typical ezamples of the aid given. Only the names are Actitious, of a child's life often account for strange quirks in his personality, as is demonstrated almost daily in the work of the Child Guidance cases that has come was that of a boy I lame, who insisted on being the “boss” in every undertaking In which he en- gaged. Bob, to give him a name, took the “I'll be captain or I won't play” attitude, and it wasn't so bad in the games in which - he indulged, but when he carried it into the school room and the home it became rather exasperating to his teacher and to his mother and stepfather. The mother finally decided to take the youngster | to the Child Guidance Clinic, where a careful investigation of his case was ‘made, NSUSPECTED corditions in U e Discovers Trouble. The case worker started on the tion that Bob's lameness might have something to do with it. She thought perhaps he had been pam- pered and that this had led to his O OFTEN, just a single occasional piece of good furniture is all that is needed to bring charm to a room. And it is so easy to find the right occasional piece at Mayer 8 Co. There are so many distinctive pieces from which to choose —such comprehensive assortments. LAMP TABLES LMOST every imaginable type of good Lamp Table is included among our displays. Tables large and small and registered at Grand Rapids. Inexpensive, too! Ask to see the smart tables at $10, $17.50 and $20. Then, of course, there are dozens more at other tempting prices. COFFEE TABLES Modern living almost requires a Coffee. Table! Then, too, they look so well in front of your sofa or conveniently adja- cent to a group of chairs. Smart Grand Rapids Coffee Tables at $8.75, $10, $16 and $20. Beautifully designed and richly finished. Come in and see these for yourself. Mayer's. TABLE AND KNEE-HOLE DESKS We take pride in our compre- hensive showin this characte: from which g_ of t. There are many to choose and rea- sonably priced. A kidney shape type in satinwood is $59.7 finely made a Inlaid Sheraton in mahoimy is $95 and there are other knee-hole desks with lots of drawer MAYE space for $29.50. . Seventh Street : F'RENCH Wouldn't a piece like this add. charm in the room where it is placed? g % Quite, unsuspected from the Bob and. his father had been : i . | flower Hotel June 28, 29 and 30, was tions on the assumption that he was a father and the head of a family and it was rather difficult for a “father” and head of a family to conform to the instructions of a teacher. It was equally difficult for him to play base ball with mere boys without being permitted to decide who should umpire and other features | of thérgame. And, although these ideas existed only in his own mind they made trouble for him right along. Since coming to the Child Guidance Clinic, he has begun to realize just a little how he was fooling himself, CHAIRS IN ¥ long. The Child Guidance Clinic is main- | tained by the Community Chest. SORORITY PLANS MADE Tau Phi National Convention Here June 28, 20 and 30. Completion of arrangements for the | annual convention of Tau Phi Na- tional Sorority, to be held at the May- announced today by the Washington Council. Plans include both business and social sessions for the large | number of delegates expected to at- | tend, Miss Martha M. Bean of this city will preside over business sessions as national president. Savannah River Bid $132,480. SAVANNAH, Ga., June 15 (#)—The Arundel Corp. of Baltimore was an- nounced today as low bidder to sup- | ply spiliway gates, build a service bridge and appurtenances for a lock | and dam on the Savannah River un- der the Federal improvement program at New Savannah Bluff, 12 miles be- | low Augusta. The bid was $132.480. GREAT VARIETY The number and variety of chairs in our present display is almost unending. Chairs of the better qualities, too—such as Kar- pen and Grand Rapids creations—smart and comfortable. Reasonably priced, too. Interesting Pull-up styles are $1:1.5:0, $22.50 and priced at $18.75, $34.75. Lounge chairs—not too heavy at $39.50 and big. roomy overstuffed chairs from $39.50 up- ward. At Mayer & Co. COMMODES It will be a pleasure to show you these French Commodes. There is a beautifully dec- orated, semi-round style, chiefly in satin- wood at $98.50 with marble top. R & Between D; and E REV 125 CHILDREN HEARD | ININSTITUTE CONCERT 18 Numbers Include Many In. struments—Three are Awarded Diplomas. One hundred and twenty-five chil- dren ranging in age from 8 to 17 took part in the seventh annual concert of the Public Institute of Music last night in the auditorium of the Wil- son Teachers' College, Eleventh and Harvard streets. There were 18 numbers, preserted by J. L. Zeldon, director of the school, including violin and plano solos and playing by guitar and violin orches- ir Portianko, Adrain Tol Arthur Holloway. ol | = OLVING BOOK STANDS ‘These are handy things to have near your favorite chair. Be sure to get one with a stationary top so you can place 2 lamp on it. In mahogany at $16.75, $19.75 and up. Mayer ¥ Co. BOOKCASES A Bookcase is not only a most convenient . plenishing but as decorative as can be ‘when filled with books. with' celorful bind< ings. Bookcases of nice sizes .. are priced at.%w and $24.